Given the circumstances around his departure from the Chicago Blackhawks organization, there is little doubt that Kirby Dach had circled November 25th on his calendar. At the end of a 3-2 Canadiens shootout win, it was Dach skating along the boards with one hand cupped to his ear, soaking up the last moments of the return to his former home.
One of Kent Hughes’s biggest off-season gambles has continued to bear a bountiful harvest of results through the first quarter of the NHL season. Through 21 games Kirby Dach has 17 points (4G, 13A) and is well on his way to shattering his previous career highs from his time in Chicago.